Comb-cleaner.



UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcs.

JOHN F. CORSER, OF BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMB-CLEANEPR.

SPEGKFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,371, dated May 29, 1900.

Application filed September 18,1399. Serial No. 736,898. (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may cor'zcern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN F. CORSER, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Blooms burg, in the county of Columbia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Comb-Cleaner, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to comb-cleaners of that class embodying a plurality of substantially-parallel strands to be passed between the teeth of the comb, and has for one object to provide an improved frame for the support of the strands and for the convenient manipulation of the device.

A further object is to provide improved means for adjusting the strands so as to accommodate the device for cleaning combs having teeth of different sizes.

To these ends the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of construction may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of acomb-cleaner constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View thereof.- Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line was of Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged detail sectional views taken longitudinally through the respective opposite ends of the device.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings are designated by like characters of reference.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that the frame of the device comprises opposite heads 1 and 2, which are rigidly connected together by means of a handle 3. As clearly shown in the drawings, these heads and the connecting-handle are preferably formed from a single blank of metal having its intermediate portion folded or bent longitudinally into substantially-tubular form to provide the handle, and the opposite ends of the blank are bent at substanopposite heads,

.tially right angles to the handle portion and at the same side thereof, so" as to provide the The head 2 is the smaller and substantially circular in shape, while the opposite head 1 is somewhat longer and of triangular form, having the apex thereof located at the end of the handle, so as to provide a comparatively-Wide base for the attachment of the strands.

The cleaning-strands at are stretched between the two heads, being fixedly connected to the larger head 1 and adj ustably connected to the opposite head. These strands are preferably in the form of a wire fabric having no warp-strands, and the opposite ends of the strands are connected together by means of selvage-strips 5, so that the strands may not become separated.

As best shown in Fig. 2, the fixed ends of the strands are turned up at substantially right angles to the plane of the strands, and the selvage edge of the same is placed against the inner face of the head 1 and fixed thereto by means of a clamping-plate 6,which extends the entire width of the fabric and is secured in place by suitable fastenings 7, passing en tirely through the head, the selvage, and the clampingplate. The opposite ends of the strands are connected to a substantially L- shaped plate 8, the selvage edge thereof being placed upon the foot of the plate and secured thereto by means of a clamping-plate 9 and fastenings 10, passing through the plate, the selvage, and the foot of the L-shaped plate. This latter plate is located adjacent to the in ner face of the head 2 and is adj ustably connected thereto by means of an adjusting setscrew 11, which passes loosely through the head and engages a screw-threaded opening 12 in the L-shaped plate. By this construction the plate may be adjusted toward or away from the head 2 by turning the adjustingscrew so as to tighten or loosen the strands.

In the operation of the device the handle is held in one hand and the comb in the other, the teeth of the comb being inserted between the strands and then moved quickly back and forth upon the strands, the latter scrap= ing the dirt from between adjacent teeth, and thereby effectively cleaning the comb. To accommodate the device to combs having teeth of different sizes and where the teeth are farther apart, the adjusting-screw 11 is turned'so that the L-shaped plate may be moved or adjusted toward the opposite end of the frame, thereby loosening the strands and permitting of the latter fitting between the teeth. Fora finer comb the adjustingscrew is tightened, which draws the L -shaped plate outward ,thereby tightening and stretching the strands, which draws the latter-closer together for engagement with the more closely disposed teeth of the comb. In some instances...

'of the strands, and holding thelatter to the it maybe found convenient to stand thedevice upon the head 1 and steadyit by means of the handle. 2

Having thus described the invention, w hat.

is-claimed, and desired to be secured by LettersPatent, is-

' 1. A comb-cleaner, comprising a frame hav- ..ing opposite heads, a plurality ofstrands fix 2Ov stantially' L-shaped plate connected to the edly connected to one of the heads, a subopposite. ends of the strands, and provided with a screw-threaded opening, and an adjusting-screw carried by the other head and ad justably received within the screw-threaded opening in the L-shaped plate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A comb-cleaner comprising a frame having opposite heads, a plurality of substantially-parallel strands, selvage-strips embracing the opposite ends of the strands, andconnecting the latter together, clamping-plates fitting against the respective selvaged ends respective heads, and fastenings securing the clamping-plates tothe heads, substantially .as shown and described.

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN F. CORSER.

NVitnesses:

F. D. DUNT-U, E. P. VVILLIAMS.

my ownI have hereto affixed my signature in v 

